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Asclepias speciosa is a milky-sapped perennial plant in the dogbane family (Apocynaceae), known commonly as the showy milkweed and is found in the western half of North America. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Description
However, as with many such plants, some species feed upon milkweed leaves or the nectar from their flowers. A noteworthy feeder on milkweeds is the monarch butterfly , which uses and requires certain milkweeds as host plants for their larvae .
Alternatively, native milkweed species (such as showy milkweed, narrowleaf milkweed, and desert milkweed for California [10]) are suggested for butterfly gardens. [11] It also attracts other members of the Danainae subfamily, such as the queen. Collage of arthropods using tropical milkweed (Asclepias curassavica) for nectar or as a hunting ground
The National Wildlife Federation recommends the following three species that will work in most regions of the U.S.: Common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca), swamp milkweed (Asclepias incarnata), and ...
The two species hunt the larvae and some pupae from the branches and undersides of leaves in milkweed bushes. The bulbuls also eat resting and ovipositing adults, but rarely flying ones. Because of its color, the white morph has a higher survival rate than the orange one.
Asclepias incarnata, the swamp milkweed, rose milkweed, rose milkflower, swamp silkweed, or white Indian hemp, is a herbaceous perennial plant species native to North America. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] It grows in damp through wet soils and also is cultivated as a garden plant for its flowers , which attract butterflies and other pollinators with nectar .
Asclepias tuberosa, commonly known as butterfly weed, is a species of milkweed native to eastern and southwestern North America. [2] It is commonly known as butterfly weed because of the butterflies that are attracted to the plant by its color and its copious production of nectar .
There are at least 28 members of the dogbane, gentian and milkweed order, Gentianales, found in Montana. [1] Some of these species are exotics (not native to Montana) [2] and some species have been designated as Species of Concern. [3]